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Assam Current Affairs – October 13-15, 2022

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Assam & NE Current Affairs & GK – October 13-15, 2022

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October 13-15, 2022

IIT Guwahati researchers feature in world’s top 2% scientists’ list released by Stanford University

A total of 21 researchers and faculty members from the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati has been featured among the world’s top 2% Scientists List created by Stanford University, US.

Professor TG Sitharam along with 20 other faculty members have been ranked for their research publications citations using all Scopus author profiles as of September 1, 2022 and their lifetime contribution to their specific fields of research in the list. 

The IIT Guwahati faculty members featured in the Stanford University list are from various scientific fields, including the Departments of Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, Chemical Engineering, Biosciences and Bioengineering, Chemistry, Electrical and Electronics.

Scientists are classified into 22 scientific fields and 176 sub-fields. The selection is based on the top 1 lakh scientists by c-score (with and without self-citations) or a percentile rank of 2 per cent or above in the sub-field.

President Murmu flags off first Kolkata-Agartala express train 

President Droupadi Murmu and Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha flagged off the Guwahati-Kolkata-Guwahati train from Agartala Railway Station up to Agartala. 

President Murmu and Chief Minister Saha and also launched another leg of the Agartala-Jiribam-Agartala Jan Shatabdi Express to Khongsang in Manipur.

Key Points

  • President Murmu inaugurated the Tripura Judicial Academy and laid the foundation stone of the National Law University, Tripura.
  • President Murmu will lay the foundation stone for the Supercomputer facility Param Kamrupa and the facility for the design and development of high power microwave components at IIT Guwahati. 
  • The President will also lay the foundation stone of the Regional Institute of Medical College and Hospital at Dhubri, National Institute of Virology (NIV) at Dibrugarh (Assam) and Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh).
  • The President laid the foundation stone for 100 Model Secondary Schools for the tea garden areas. 
  • She introduced 3000 Model Anganwadi Centres and a modern Cargo cum Coaching Terminal at Agyathuri near Guwahati. 
  • The president also inaugurated Indian Oil Corporation Limited’s Rail-Fed Petroleum Storage Depot at Moinarbond in Silchar and also introduced two sections of National Highways connecting Silchar to Badarpur and Gohpur to Holong of Assam.

Logistics Performance Index 2022

According to a report released by the commerce and Industry Ministry, Andhra Pradesh, Assam and Gujarat are among the 15 States and UTs categorised as achievers in the logistics index chart 2022.

The index is an indicator of the efficiency of logistical services necessary for promoting exports and economic growth.

Key Points

  • Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Puducherry, Sikkim and Tripura are the other States categorised as fast movers in the ranking.  
  • Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Mizoram, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Ladakh, Nagaland, Jammu and Kashmir, and Arunachal Pradesh are among the 15 States and UTs rated in the aspirers category.
  • The other States and UTs in the achievers category include Chandigarh, Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, and Uttarakhand.
  • The first logistics report was released in 2018. 
  • The index intends to increase the focus on strengthening the performance of logistics across states for enhancing the nation’s trade and lowering transaction costs. 

About Logistics Performance Index 

  • The Logistics Performance Index (LPI) is an interactive benchmarking tool created created by the World Bank to help countries identify the challenges and opportunities they face in their performance on trade logistics and what they can do to improve their performance. 
  • It is the weighted average of the country scores on six key dimensions: customs performance, infrastructure quality, ease of arranging shipments, logistics services quality, consignments tracking and tracing and timeliness of shipments. 
  • India ranks 44 in the Logistics Performance Index 2018. 

Hyderabad wins World Green City Award 2022 

The city of Hyderabad has won the prestigious ‘World Green City Award 2022’ . Hyderabad is the only Indian city that was selected for the ‘World Green City 2022,’ award, the best across all six categories.

The city has also won ‘Living Green for Economic Recovery and Inclusive Growth’ at the International Association of Horticulture Producers (AIPH) 2022 held in Jeju, South Korea. 

Key Points

  •  Hyderabad won the World Green Cities Award for taking initiatives relying on better use of plants and nature to make better city environments and for helping fulfill local aspirations for economic, social, and environmental resilience.
  • The award is a testimony to the continuous efforts and focuses of the Telangana government on increasing the green cover in the state through its flagship program “Telangana Ku Haritha Haram” (TKHH).
  •  The program aims to increase the tree cover of the state from 24% to 33% of the total area of the state.

Category-wise winners

  •  In the Living Green for Economic Recovery and Inclusive Growth category:  Green Garland to the State of Telangana, City of Hyderabad, India.
  •  In the Living Green for Biodiversity category: Reverdecer Bogotá, Bogota D.C, Colombia.
  •  In the Living Green for Climate Change category: Mexico City’s Environmental and Climate Change Program, Mexico City, Mexico.
  • In the Living Green for Health and Wellbeing category:Transforming degraded land into Urban Micro Parks, City of Fortaleza, Brazil
  •  In the Living Green for Water category: The Phytotechnology Stations at the Montréal Botanical Garden / Space for Life, City of Montreal, Canada.  
  • In the Living Green for Social Cohesion category: OASIS Schoolyard Project, City of Paris, France.

International Solar Alliance’s Fifth Assembly will be held in New Delhi

International Solar Alliance’s Fifth Assembly to be held in New Delhi from 17th to 20th October, 2022. India currently holds the position of President of the International Solar Alliance (ISA) Assembly as per the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy.

Key Points

  • Ministers, missions and delegates from 109 Member and Signatory Countries are set to participate in this meeting.
  • The Assembly is the apex decision-making body of ISA, in which each Member Country is represented. This body makes decisions concerning the implementation of the ISA’s Framework Agreement and coordinated actions to be taken to achieve its objective. 
  • The Assembly meets annually at the ministerial level at the ISA’s seat. 
  • The Fifth Assembly of the ISA will deliberate on the key initiatives of ISA on three critical issues of energy access, energy security, and energy transition.
  • World leaders from ISA Member Countries will also discuss the strategic plan of the ISA in Programmatic Support for LDC and SIDS Member Countries, Capacity Building support to all developing Member Countries, and Analytics & Advocacy support to all Member Countries. 
  • The 5th Assembly is expected to lead to a greater consensus among countries for promotion of solar power. Increased international cooperation will be the backbone of energy transition, propelling investment and creating millions of new green jobs in this crucial decade of climate action.

International Solar Alliance (ISA) 

  • The International Solar Alliance is an international organisation with 109 member and signatory countries. 
  • It works with governments to improve energy access and security worldwide and promote solar power as a sustainable way to transition to a carbon-neutral future. 
  • ISA’s mission is to unlock US$ 1 trillion of investments in solar by 2030 while reducing the cost of the technology and its financing. 
  • It promotes the use of solar energy in the Agriculture, Health, Transport and Power Generation sectors. 
  • ISA member countries are driving change by enacting policies and regulations, sharing best practices, agreeing on common standards, and mobilising investments.
  • With the signing and ratification of the ISA Framework Agreement by 15 countries in 2017, ISA became the first international intergovernmental organization to be headquartered in India.

Assam Budget 2022-23 Important MCQ Questions – Assam Economy Quiz

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Q1. Assam Budget for the Fiscal Year 2022-23 was a 

  1. Deficit budget of Rs 566 crore
  2. Surplus budget of Rs 566 crore
  3. Balance Budget
  4. None of the above
a. Deficit budget of Rs 566 crore

  • Finance Minister of Assam, Ms. Ajanta Neog presented a deficit budget of Rs 566 crore for the state for the Fiscal Year 2022-23 on March 16, 2022.
  • Balanced Budget – total revenues are equivalent to or greater than the total expenditure.
  • Surplus Budget – incomes or receipts overreach costs or outlays (expenditures).
  • Deficit Budget – expenses exceeds the revenue and it is a symptom of financial health

 

Q2. Who is/was the Assam’s first woman Finance Minister?

  1. Syeda Anwara Taimur
  2. Ajanta Neog
  3. Rebati Das
  4. Bijoya Chakravarty
b. Ajanta Neog

  • She also holds Social Welfare Ministry portfolio in the Govt of Assam.
  • She has been representing the Golaghat Assembly seat consecutively for the past five terms since 2001.
  • She also holds the record for being the longest serving female legislator from Assam.

 

Q3. Four new schemes  namely, Pakipath Nirman Achani, Unnoti Pakipath Nirman Achani, Mothauri Pokikaran Achani and Path Nobikaran Achani were proposed in Assam Budget 2022-23, with the purpose of

  1. construction, upgradation and maintenance of all-weather roads
  2. construction, upgradation and maintenance of medical facility infrastructures
  3. construction, upgradation and maintenance of river bridges
  4. construction, upgradation and maintenance of rural roads only
a. construction, upgradation and maintenance of all-weather roads.

 

Q4. Who presented the first Assam Budget in Independent India?

  1. R K Shanmugham Chetty
  2. Gopinath Bordoloi
  3. Muhammad Saadulla
  4. Bishnu Ram Medhi

d. Bishnu Ram Medhi

  • During the pre-Independence period, the first budget for the State of Assam was presented by the then Chief Minister of Assam Saiyd Muhammad Saadulla on 3rd August, 1937.
  • After Independence, the first budget was presented by Late Bishnu Ram Medhi, the then Finance Minister of Assam on 11th March, 1948.

 

Q5. ‘Asom Mala’ programme is related to

  1. improving every aspects of Assam’s economy
  2. improving state highways and major district roads network in Assam
  3. Special financial program from World Bank for development of health-facility in Assam
  4. Special financial program for flood control in Brahmaputra and Barak Basins
b. improving state highways and major district roads network in Assam

 

Q6. Assam Budget 2022-23 proposed new airports in which of the following areas?

  1. Karbi Anglong and Silchar
  2. Karbi Anglong, Silchar, Nagaon, Geleki and Haflong
  3. Nagaon and Silchar
  4. Kokrajhar and Haflong
a. Karbi Anglong and Silchar

 

Q7. As per Assam Budget 2022-23, Assam Inland Water Transport Development Society to develop 13 small terminals on National Waterway 2. Which is the National Waterway 2?

  1. Section of the Brahmaputra River between Dhubri and Sadiya
  2. Section of the Brahmaputra River between Guwahati and Dibrugarh
  3. Section of the Barak River between Lakhipur and Bhanga
  4. Section of the DihingRiver between Tinsukia and Dibrugarh
a. Section of the Brahmaputra River between Dhubri and Sadiya

Q8. As per Assam Budget 2022, which place is to be developed as North East Freedom Fighter’s Memorial Park?

  1. Guwahati Central Jail
  2. Silchar Central Jail
  3. Jorhat Jail
  4. Patharighat

c. Jorhat Jail

  • Assam’s legendary freedom fighter Kushal Konwar was hanged inside the Joraht jail campus.
  • Prominent freedom fighters like social reformer Pitambor Dev Goswami, former President Fakaruddin Ali Ahmed, former chief minister Gopinath Bordoloi and Bimala Prasad Chaliha, were also imprisoned in this jail.
  • Government will develop a heritage site in 100 bighas of jail land.

 

Q9. As per Assam Budget 2022, how much fund is earmarked for Bhasha Gourab Scheme?

  1. ₹28.80 crores 
  2. ₹48.80 crores 
  3. ₹8.40 crores 
  4. ₹88.40 crores 
a. ₹28.80 crores

 

Q10. ₹25 crores is earmarked in Assam Budget 2022 for the holistic development of which of the communities of the state?

  1. Tai Ahom, Moran, Matak, Chutia and Koch-Rajbongshi
  2. Boro, Kamtapuri and Rabha
  3. Deori and Mising
  4. Bishnupriya Manipuri, Santali and Tai Phake
a. Tai Ahom, Moran, Matak, Chutia and Koch-Rajbongshi

 

Q11. Mission Basundhara project is launched to

  1. offer financial supports to BPL families
  2. offer next-generation land-related services
  3. Improve village infrastructure
  4. Improve Agriculture-goods value addition facilities
b. offer next-generation land-related services

 

Q12. As per Assam Budget 2022, NIDA Fund of how much amount allocated to each of the Majuli University, Rabindranath Tagore University, Bhattadev University, Madhabdev University, Birangana Sati Sadhini State University and Aniruddhadev Sports University?

  1. ₹50 crore
  2. ₹100 crore
  3. ₹150 crore
  4. ₹200 crore
a. ₹50 crore

 

NABARD INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE (NIDA) is a line of credit for funding rural infrastructure projects under the following three channels:

 

  • Funding rural infrastructure projects directly to State Government and State-owned Institutions.
  • Funding PPP infrastructure projects in rural areas, developed directly or through Special Purpose Vehicles promoted by State-owned Institutions, Co-operatives, etc.
  • Funding non-PPP, rural infrastructure projects

 

Q13. As per Assam Budget 2022, Seuj Axom Abhijan started to increase green cover in Assam to what percent in five years using the Miyawaki model?

  1. 33 percent
  2. 36 percent
  3. 38 percent
  4. 40 percent

c. 38 percent

  • Japanese “Miyawaki” afforestation method to grow urban forests and expand green cover. Pioneered by Japanese botanist Akira Miyawaki – helps build dense, native forests in a short time.
  •  Miyawaki model  method involves planting two to four trees per square metre. Miyawaki forests grow in two to three years and are self-sustaining.
  • lower temp in concrete heat islands, reduce air and noise pollution, biodiversity & create carbon sinks.

 

Q14. As per Assam Budget 2022, how much fund is earmarked for Mukhya Mantri Souro Shakti Prokolpo to increase the generation of clean energy by installing solar power generation plants with an aggregated installed capacity of 1,000 Mega Watts?

  1. ₹1000 crores
  2. ₹2000 crores
  3. ₹3000 crores
  4. ₹4000 crores
d. ₹4000 crores

  • Recently, NLCIL inks MoU with Assam firm to develop 1,000 MW of solar power projects.
  • The MoU is for setting up a joint venture company with equity participation of 51% by NLCIL and 49% by APDCL.

 

Q15. As per Assam Budget 2022, Govt proposed to establish ______ in 800 tea gardens to provide training to the tea tribe youth and to organise community-based events.

  1. Mahaprabhu Jagannath Community and Skill Centre
  2. Assam Skill Development Corporation
  3. Automotive Skills Development Council
  4. DAKSHA (Digital Access to Knowledge and Skilled Human Resource of Assam)
a. Mahaprabhu Jagannath Community and Skill Centre

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Assam Current Affairs – July 19-21, 2022

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July 19-21, 2022

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma launched ‘Swanirbhar Naari’ scheme

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has launched ‘Swanirbhar Naari’, a scheme to empower indigenous weavers in Assam’s Guwahati. 

Key Points

  • The state government will procure handloom items directly from indigenous weavers without involving any middlemen through a specially developed Swanirbhar Naari web portal.
  • The scheme will be implemented with the help of ARTFED and AGMC under the administrative control of the Director, Handloom Textiles, Assam.
  • 31 Hand woven items are covered in the scheme belonging to various communities residing in the state.
  • The scheme will help in preserving the heritage of handlooms and textiles in the state.
  • It is expected that the portal will bridge the gap in between the weavers and the buyers. 

Draupadi Murmu has been elected as the 15th President of India

Draupadi Murmu has been elected as the 15th President of India. She contested against Yashwant Sinha, the joint opposition’s nominee. 

She becomes India’s first woman tribal president from Rairangpur in the Mayurbhanj district in Odisha and also the second woman to hold the post after Pratibha Patil.

National Democratic Alliance (NDA) led by BJP picked Draupadi Murmu for the Presidential Election. 

India Innovation Index 2021

The India Innovation Index 2021 has been recently released by the Vice-Chairman, NITI Aayog, Shri Suman Bery, in the presence of Dr. V K Saraswat, Member; Shri Parameswaran Iyer, Chief Executive Officer and other esteemed dignitaries.

Key Points

  • Karnataka has topped Niti Aayog’s India Innovation Index 2021 with a score of 18.05 followed by Telangana and Haryana, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu. 
  • Manipur secured the lead in the Northeast and Hill States category followed by Uttarakhand and Meghalaya.
  • Chandigarh was the top performer in the Union Territories and City States category follwed by Delhi and Andaman and Nicobar.
  • Bihar, Odisha and Chhattisgarh scored the lowest on the index.

Assam CM Himanta Biswa assures govt jobs for National Games Medalists

The Assam State Chief Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma has assured jobs for all National Games medalists of Assam from now on. 

The Chief Minister mentioned that all those who won medals in National Games so far for Assam would be given Sports Pension by the State Government. He hoped that this decision would help the sportspersons of the state.

He also mentioned that all those who won medals in National Games so far for Assam would be given Sports Pension by the State Government. 

The Chief Minister also announced that the house would send a goodwill message to boxer Lovlina Borgohain who will be vying for a medal in the Tokyo Olympics. 

Rajasthan introduces India’s first digital Lok Adalat

National Legal Services Authority Chairman Uday Umesh Lalit launches India’s First AI-powered, end-to-end digital Lok Adalat in Rajasthan.

The Digital Lok Adalat will help in disposing off the pending disputes or disputes which are at the pre-litigation stage. This platform will provide end-to-end dispute resolution with easy drafting & filing of applications.

Key Points

  • The AI-based Lok Adalat was launched during the 18th All India Legal Services Authorities’ Meet. 
  • The digital Lok Adalat has been designed and developed by the technology partner Jupitice Justice Technologies of Rajasthan State Legal Services Authority (RSLSA 22).
  • The oldest pending case in the nation was recently resolved by a district court in Bihar after 108 years of deliberation. As per NITI Aayog report, it would take around 324 years to dispose of all current pending cases in the country.
  • NITI Aayog report further states that, 75% to 97% of justiciable problems do not reach to the Courts.

PV Sindhu won the Singapore Open title 2022

India’s Olympic medalist PV Sindhu won the Singapore Open 2022 title. She beat China’s Wang Zhiyi by 21-9, 11-21, 21-15 in the final of the Singapore Open.

This is Sindhu’s first 500 title, since she won the world championship in 2019. This is also the first 500 title or better final for the year 2022.

She had won the women’s singles title at the Syed Modi International tournament in January and Swiss Open 2022 in March 2022.

Singapore Open 

  • The Singapore Open is a badminton event that has been held in Singapore annually since 1929. 
  • The Badminton World Federation categorized Singapore Open as one of the seven BWF World Tour Super 500 events in the BWF events structure from 2018.
  • In 2023, the tournament will be upgraded to a Super 750 event.
  • In 1929 the tournament was organised by Singapore Badminton Association, which was created to promote sport and organise the competition. 
  • The tournament became an open invitation championship in 1960. In 2007, the tournament became a part of the BWF Super Series event.

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Assam History (Ancient & Medieval) MCQ Question Set 4 – Assam History Quiz

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Q11. The overall administrative head of Lower Assam region during the Ahom Rule was

  1. Barbarua
  2. Barkhukan
  3. Borpatra Gohain
  4. Khongea Barua

Barkhukan

Q12. Which of the following was the earliest historical dynasty of Assam?

  1. Mlechchha dynasty
  2. Pala dynasty
  3. Varman dynasty
  4. Salastambha dynasty

Varman dynasty

Q13. the first Ahom king Sukaphaa entered the Brahmaputra valley and established the Ahom kingdom in which  year?

  1. 1228
  2. 1248
  3. 1253
  4. 1272

1228

Q14. The first Assamese translator of Ramayana is

  1. Ram Saraswati
  2. Sankardeva
  3. Madhab Kandali
  4. Madhavdev

Madhab Kandali

Q15. Which of the following is the correct chronological order of the  Kamarupa dynasties?

  1. Varman dynasty, Mlechchha dynasty and Pala dynasty
  2. Mlechchha dynasty, Varman dynasty and Pala dynasty
  3. Varman dynasty, Pala dynasty and Mlechchha dynasty
  4. Pala dynasty, Varman dynasty and Mlechchha dynasty

Varman dynasty, Mlechchha dynasty and Pala dynasty

Q16. Singarigharutha traditional coronation ceremony was first observed by which Ahom King?

  1. Sudangphaa
  2. Suphakphaa
  3. Sutuphaa
  4. Sukaphaa

Sudangphaa

Q17. Hiuen Tsang came to Assam during the reign of which king?

  1. Brahma Pala
  2. Harsha Pala
  3. Pushyavarman
  4. Bhaskar Varman

Bhaskar Varman

Q18. Treaty of Asurar Ali signed between the Ahom kingdom and Mughal Empire in which year?

  1. 1563
  2. 1663
  3. 1639
  4. 1682

1639

Q19. The first Muslim invasion to enter Kamarupa in 1206 was led by

  1. Alauddin Hussain Shah 
  2. Mahammad-bin-Bakhtiyar
  3. Nusrat Shah
  4. Mir Jumla

Mahammad-bin-Bakhtiyar

Q20. Sukapha establish the Ahom kingdom at Charaideo in which year?

  1. 1228
  2. 1248
  3. 1253
  4. 1272

1253

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68th National Film Awards 2022 – List of Winners (Best Films, Actors, Directors)

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Winners of the 68th National Film Awards were announced in New Delhi. This year’s awards ceremony honoured films from 2020 as well due to COVID-19-related delays. The event is organised by the Directorate of Film Festivals, which comes under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. Soorarai Pottru won three of the four biggest awards of the night, while Tanhaji The Unsung Warrior also took home major awards.

Best Assamese Film: Bridge

Best Bengali Film: Avijatrik

 
68th National Film Awards 2022 - List of Winners
  • Best Feature Film: Soorarai Pottru
  • Suriya and Ajay Devgn jointly won the Best Actor award for Soorarai Pottru and Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior, respectively.
  • Aparna Balamurali won the Best Actress Award for her performance in Soorarai Pottru.
  • Best Direction: Sachinanandan KR for AK Ayyappanum Koshiyum (Malayalam)
  • Best Children Film: Sumi (Marathi)
  • Best Film on Environment Conservation: Taledanda (Kannada)
  • Best Supporting Actor: Biju Menon, Ayyappanum Koshiyam
  • Best Supporting Actress: Lakshmi Priya Chandramouli, Sivaranjaniyum Innam Sila Pengallum
  • Best Action Direction Award: AK Ayyappanum Koshiyum
  • Best Choreography: Natyam (Telugu)
  • Best Lyrics: Manoj Muntashir for Saina (Hindi)
  • Best Male Playback Singer: Rahul Deshpande for Mi Vasantrao and Anish Mangesh Gosavi for Taktak
  • Best Female Playback Singer: Nanchamma, Ayyappanum Koshiyam
  • Best Music Direction: Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo, S Thaman
  • Madhya Pradesh (Rajat Kamal & Certificate) wins the Most Film Friendly State award

 

67th National Film Awards 2021
  • Best Actor award was won jointly by Manoj Bajpayee for Bhonsle and Dhanush for Asuran
  • Kangana Ranaut won Best Actress for Manikarnika.

 

About the National Film Awards:
  • The National Film Awards is the most prominent film award ceremony in India. Established in 1954, it has been administered, along with the International Film Festival of India and the Indian Panorama, by the Indian government’s Directorate of Film Festivals since 1973

Assam Current Affairs – June 13-14, 2022

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Assam & NE Current Affairs & GK – June 13-14 2022

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June 13-14, 2022

Rhino reintroduction in Assam

According to the last census, the one-horned rhinos of Assam’s Manas National Park, have an age structure pyramid, indicating higher life expectancy but need translocation support.

Key findings of the 14th Assam rhino estimation

  • The rhino census was carried out in all three ranges: Bhuyanpara, Bansbari and Panbari comprising 71 estimation blocks. 
  • The current rhino population in the park was estimated at 40. 
  • The park’s rhinos have a male-female sex ratio of 1:1. 
  • The number of calves born in the wild reflects the availability of welfare factors to foster rhinos in Manas National Park. 

Methodology: Rhino census was carried out by ‘Total count or Direct count method’. Total count method is preferred, when a single species is targeted to be counted in specific area. This method assumes detection probability as one, meaning that every animal has a 100% chance of being seen during counting period.

Limitations of this method: Undercounting as the assumption of a detection probability of 1 is unrealistic.

Total count requires high visibility to observe the animals from far off, which is not possible in case of “shy, cryptic animals”. The level of precision cannot be measured in total counts either.

Reasons for translocation: The one-horned rhinos of western Assam’s Manas National Park, bordering Bhutan, have an age structure pyramid, indicating higher life expectancy and significant growth in the population. 

The Indian side of the park does not have a wider representation of calves and sub-adults to sustain the population structure unless it is supplemented through conservation translocations.

National e-Governance Service Delivery Assessment 2021 Report

Recently, the Minister of State of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions released the second edition of the National e-Governance Service Delivery Assessment (NeSDA) 2021. 

Key Findings 

  • Amongst all the States and UTs, Kerala had the highest overall compliance score. 
  • Among Union Territories, Jammu & Kashmir ranked the highest with an overall compliance of nearly 90%.
  • Among the North-East and Hill States, Meghalaya and Nagaland are the leading State Portals with an overall compliance of more than 90% across all assessment parameters. 
  • Among the Remaining States, Kerala, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Punjab, Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh had a compliance of more than 85%. 
  • Among the focussed Central Ministries, Home Affairs, Rural Development, Education, and Environment, Forest & Climate Change are the leading Ministry Portals with an overall compliance of more than 80% across all assessment parameters. 
  • Ministry Portal of Home Affairs had the highest overall compliance score. 
  • The Central Public Procurement Portal, Digital Police Portal, and Bhavishya Portal are the leading Ministry Services Portals with an overall compliance of more than 85% across all assessment parameters.

About National e-Governance Service Delivery Assessment (NeSDA)

  • National e-Governance Service Delivery Assessment (NeSDA) is a biennial study that assesses States, Union Territories (UTs), and focuses on Central Ministries on the effectiveness of e-Governance service delivery.
  • Department of Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances (DARPG) had constituted the National e-Governance Service Delivery Assessment (NeSDA) in 2019 as part of its mandate to boost the e-government endeavours and drive digital government excellence. 
  • It helps the respective governments improve their delivery of citizen centric services and shares best practices across the country for all States, UTs and Central Ministries to emulate.
  • The assessment covered 56 mandatory services for each States & UTs and 27 services for the focus Central Ministries.
  • It covers services across seven sectors – Finance, Labour & Employment, Education, Local Governance & Utility Services, Social Welfare, Environment and Tourism sectors.

World Day Against Child Labour 2022

World Day Against Child Labour is observed on June 12, every year to raise awareness regarding detrimental consequences of the Child Labour. 

The theme for 2022 is “Universal Social Protection to End Child Labour”. It calls for investments into social safety nets and programs to protect children from being forced into child labour.

The day was first launched in 2002 with the aim of raising awareness and activism to prevent child labour. The day is held every year in a bid to foster movement against child labour worldwide. 

The day focuses on providing dignity to the life of children affected by child labour and ensuring support for their education, medical services and other needs. 

India’s first COVID-19 vaccine Anocovax launched for animals 

The Ministry of Agriculture has launched the country’s first homegrown COVID-19 vaccine “Anocovax” for animals. It was developed by Haryana-based ICAR-National Research Centre on Equines (NRC). 

About Anocovax Vaccine

Anocovax is an inactivated SARS-CoV-2 Delta (COVID-19) vaccine for animals. 

This vaccine is effective and capable of neutralising both Delta and Omicron variants of SARS-CoV-2.

The vaccine contains inactivated SARS-CoV-2 (Delta) antigen with Alhydrogel as an adjuvant.

This vaccine is safe for dogs, lions, leopards, mice and rabbits.

India’s first display manufacturing plant to be set up in Telangana

The Telangana government signed an MoU with Karnataka-based Elest for the proposed fabrication unit with an investment worth Rs 24,000 crore. It will be set up under the India Semiconductor Mission Programme of the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology.

Elest was incorporated specifically for the purpose of manufacturing next generation displays for smartphones, tablet computers, and laptops. It would set up the display fabrication unit with technology inputs from and in technological association with most advanced and finest research centres worldwide.

The government is confident that the setting up of the Gen6 AMOLED Display manufacturing facility will generate a global interest and ensure future technology growth in our country.

India’s life expectancy rose to 69.7

India’s life expectancy at birth has reached up to 69.7 during 2015-2019, data from the sample registration system (SRS) shows. The data released by the demographic survey. 

Key Findings 

  • Data suggests that high under-five mortality and infant mortality could be one of the reasons that India finds it difficult to increase life expectancy at birth. 
  • Gap between life expectancy at birth and life expectancy at one year or five year is largest in states like Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh, where there is highest infant mortality rate (IMR). 
  • Madhya Pradesh has the highest IMR of 43. Uttar Pradesh has second highest IMR of 38, and the life expectancy on completion of first year, increased the highest by 3.4 years. 
  • Gaps between life expectancy at birth and at year one can also be witnessed in states like Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Assam, Gujarat, and Odisha.
  • India has added 20 years to its life expectancy at birth from 49.7 in 1970-75 to 69.7 in 2015-2019.
  • Among states, Odisha has seen the highest rise from 45.7 to 69.8, followed by Tamil Nadu, where it has increased from 49.6 to 72.6. 
  • Uttar Pradesh, having had the lowest life expectancy at birth of just 43 years in 1970-75 has increased to 65.6 in 2015-2019 – albeit ranking the second lowest life expectancy after Chhattisgarh’s 65.3.
  • The data shows a considerable divide in life expectancy at birth across states and between urban and rural areas. 
  • Urban women in Himachal Pradesh had the highest life expectancy at birth of 82.3 years while at the other end, rural men in Chhattisgarh had the lowest, just 62.8 years, a gap of 15.8 years. 
  • In Assam, the gap in life expectancy between rural and urban areas is nearly eight years, followed by Himachal Pradesh with a five-year gap.
  • Bihar and Jharkhand remained the only states where male life expectancy was higher than for women in both urban and rural areas. 
  • Kerala is the only state where the rural life expectancy at birth was higher than urban for both women and men. 

Haryana won Khelo India Youth Games 2021

Haryana won the Khelo India Youth Games (KIYG) 2021 title with 52 gold medals which was held at Panchkula, Haryana. This was Haryana’s second KIYG title. 

Haryana won the inaugural title in 2018 but finished second to Maharashtra in the next two seasons. This was the fourth edition of the Khelo India Youth Games.

Key Points

  • Haryana topped the medal tally with a total of 137 medals with 52 gold, 39 silver and 46 bronze medals. 
  • Maharashtra finished second with a total of 125 medals, including 45 gold, 40 silver and 40 bronze medals.
  • Karnataka with 22 gold, 17 silver and 28 bronze medals finished third with 67 medals.

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Q1. Which of the following is the first mobile theatre group of Assam?

  1. Ashirbad Theatre
  2. Nataraj Cine Theatre
  3. Deboraj Theatre
  4. Kohinoor Theatre

D. Kohinoor Theatre

 

The Kohinoor Theatre was the first mobile theatre group of Assam, founded by Natyacharya Brajanath Sarma, in 1930. Kohinoor Opera performed dramas, attracting thousands of spectators, from Dhubri to Sadiya. The first Mobile Theatre play was staged on 2 October 1963, in Pathsala.

 

Q2. Who is considered as the father of Mobile theatre and gave birth to mobile theatre in Assam?

  1. Achyut Lahkar
  2. Kamal Kumari Barooah
  3. Natyacharya Brajanath Sarma
  4. Jatin Bora

A. Achyut Lahkar

Achyut Lahkar was the father of the Bhryamyman or Mobile theatre and gave birth to mobile theatre in Assam in the 1960s. He founded the popular Natraj Theatre at Pathsala in 1963 which performed across Assam and in other states for nearly 40 years. He also published and edited an illustrated magazine called Deepawali for some time. He was awarded the Kamal Kumari National Award in 1997.

Q3. Me-Dam-Me-Phi is an important Ancestor worship communal festival celebrated by

  1. Ahom
  2. Garo
  3. Bodo
  4. Karbi

A. Ahom

Me-Dam-Me-Phi is the most important Ancestor worship communal festival in the Ahom religion celebrated by the Ahom people on 31 January every year in memory of the departed. It is the manifestation of the concept of ancestor worship that the Ahoms share with other peoples originating from the Tai stock. It is a festival to show respect to the departed ancestors and remember their contribution to society.

Q4. Bhaona are originally written in which language?

  1. Sanskrit
  2. Brajavali
  3. Tai-Ahom language
  4. Koch language

B. Brajavali

Bhaona is a traditional form of entertainment, with religious messages, prevalent is Assam, India. It is a creation of Mahapurusha Srimanta Sankardeva, written in the early sixteenth century. He created the form to convey religious messages to villagers through entertainment. The plays of bhaona are popularly known as Ankiya Nats and their staging is known as bhaona.

Q5. Who translated Ramayana as Saptakanda Ramayana in Assamese?

  1. Srimanta Sankardeva
  2. Madhavdeva
  3. Mahamanikya
  4. Madhava Kandali

D. Madhava Kandali

Kaviraja Madhava Kandali was an Indian poet from the state of Assam. His Saptakanda Ramayana is considered the earliest translation of the Ramayana into an Indo-Aryan language, Assamese. Another significant work of his is the narrative poem Devajit, which is about superiority of Krishna over the other avatars of Vishnu.

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Q6. Under the patronage of which ruler, the Sanskrit epic Ramayana was translated to Assamese verse Saptakanda Ramayana by Madhava Kandali?

  1. Nara Narayan
  2. Durlabh Narayan
  3. Mahamanikya
  4. Rudra Singh

C. Mahamanikya

Mahamanikya was a Borahi-Kachari king who ruled parts of Assam in the 14th-15th century. At the time, his kingdom centered on present-day Nagaon, Morigoan and Hojai districts. Under his patronage, the Sanskrit epic Ramayana was translated to Assamese verse Saptakanda Ramayana by Madhava Kandali.

Q7. Orunodoi, the first Assamese magazine, was first published in which year?

  1. 1832
  2. 1846
  3. 1858
  4. 1905

B. 1846

Orunodoi was the first Assamese magazine, printed by the Baptist Missionary Press in Sibsagar; it was first published in January 1846.

Q8. Who is regarded as the founder of Assamese cinema?

  1. Nata Surya Phani Sarma
  2. Bishnu Prasad Rabha
  3. Aideu Handique
  4. Rupkonwar Jyotiprasad Agarwala

D.Rupkonwar Jyotiprasad Agarwala

The origins of Assamese cinema can be traced back to Rupkonwar Jyotiprasad Agarwala, who was also a noted poet, playwright, composer and freedom fighter. He was instrumental in the production of the first Assamese Film Joymati in 1935, under the banner of Chitralekha Movietone.

Q9. Baan theatre, the first modern Assamese theatre hall was establishment in 1906 at

  1. Tezpur
  2. Guahati
  3. Majuli
  4. Dibrugarh

A. Tezpur

The most significant and a landmark development in the cultural life of Assam was the establishment of the Baan theatre, the first modern Assamese theatre hall at Tezpur in 1906. The Baan Stage gave a platform for development of the Socio-Cultural scene of Assam. The great cultural trio Rupkonwar Jyoti Prasad Agarwala, Kalaguru Bishnu Prasad Rabha and Nata Surya Phani Sarma blossomed there.

Q10. The Hastividyārnava, an historical treatise on management and care of elephants, is credited to 

  1. Sukumar Barkaith
  2. Phuleshwari Konwari
  3. Sridhar Kandali
  4. Ananta Kandali

A. Sukumar Barkaith

The Hastividyārnava, written by Sukumar Barkaith, is one of the best known illustrated manuscripts of Assam. Commissioned under the patronage of King Siva Singha and his queen consort Phuleshwari, it deals with the management and care of elephants in the royal stables. The Hastividyārnava is a work that arose in a matrix of disciplined study, prolonged observation and a precedent tradition. The commission of such a treatise was perhaps considered important as the elephant played an important role in affirming the idea of monarchy and exercising state power.

 

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Category Gender Marks
OC Male 489
Female 472
OBC Male 474
Female 458
SC Male 467
Female 471
STP Male 464
Female 450
STH Male 487
Female 443

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Full Marks: 100                                                                      Time: 3 hours
 
The figures in the margin indicate full marks for the questions
 
1. Write an essay on any one of the following: 60
 
(a) The importance of clean and green energy possibilities and limitations.
 
(b) River Erosion Risk Management and the challenge of rehabilitating people.
 
(c) Farmers and their role in conservation of ecosystem.
 
(d) Man-Elephant conflict in the context of the pressures of a burgeoning human population.

 
2. Write a précis of the following passage and add a suitable title to it : 30
 
In the past 10 years, India’s environmental movement has had a rebirth. It was first born in the 1970s, when the industrialized world saw the impact of growth on its environment. In that decade, the air and rivers of London, Tokyo and New York were full of toxins. The world was learning the pain of pollution. The first major global conference on the environment, the Stockholm Meet, was held to find ways to deal with this growing scourge. India’s key pieces of environmental legislation were enacted in this period-the Water Pollution Act of 1974 and the Air Pollution Act of 1981. But we were innocent in the world of pollution. We had not yet witnessed the intensification of growth that would, in turn, destroy our environment. It was also in the 1970s that second environmental challenge-issues of access and sustainable management of natural resources emerged. In the remote Himalayas, the women had prevented the timber merchant from cutting their forest. But their movement was not to protect the forest. Their movement or fight was to assert their right to the resources of the forest. It was an environmental movement because the women of this village in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand knew that they had to protect the forest to protect their livelihood. It was a call to redefine development and growth.
 
But now these two sides the environmental challenge have truly come home to India. Importantly, this is now time when environmental issues have taken centre stage in the country. Yet matters are going from bad to worse. The pollution in our rivers is worse today than it was three decades ago. The garbage in cities is growing by the day, even as governments scramble to find ways of reducing plastic and hiding the rest in landfills in far-off places. Air pollution in cities is worse, and toxins are damaging our lungs. This is, in spite of efforts, to contain the problem. We have invested in building sewage treatment plants to deal with water pollution. We have improved the quality of fuel that run our vehicles; changed emission standards and set up institutions to regulate industrial emissions. But still we find we canne! catch up in this game of growth and its toxic fallout. In this decade as well, the struggles for the control over resources have intensified. In every nook and corner of the country where land is acquired or water is sourced for industry, people are fighting even to death. There are a million pollution mutinies happening. The fact is that in India a large number of people and it is indeed a large number-depend on the land, the forests and the water around them for their livelihood. They know that once these resources are gone or degraded their survival will be at stake.
 
We must recognise that across the world, the environmental movement is based on the idea that people do not want anything bad in their vicinity: not in my backyard or NIMBY. Ordinary people, but with power because they are part of the voting middle class, take up these issues because they affect their lives. The fight is personal. It is another matter that their fight has national policy ramifications, often for the better. But there is also a downside to NIMBY: if it is not in my backyard, then whose backyard should it be? This is not an issue that is asked or answered. But it must be.
 
When India-as the urban across and middle-class the world-faces an environmental threat it does not stop to ask in whose backyard it should be allowed. The fact is that garbage is produced because of our consumption. The richer we get, the more waste we generate and the more we pollute. This consumption is necessary because it is linked to the economic growth model we have decided to adopt. But we forget that the more we consume, the higher the cost of collection and disposal of waste which we cannot afford. So, we look for band-aid solutions. In middle-class environmentalism there is no appetite for changing lifestyles that will minimise waste and pollution.
 
The western environmental movement began after societies there had acquired wealth. The movement was a response to the mounting garbage, toxic air and polluted water resulting from the growth of their economies. They had the money to invest in cleaning and accordingly they did. But as they never looked for big solutions, they always stayed behind the problem-local air pollution is still a problem in most western cities, even if the air is not as black as ours. It is just that the toxins are smaller, more difficult to detect or smell. In India, we want to emulate the disastrous ways of the already rich, with much lesser resources and much more inequity and poverty. The fact is that we cannot find answers in the same half-solutions they invested in. This is the biggest challenge of India’s environmental movement. We can do things differently to reinvent growth without pollution. But only if we have the courage to think differently, I hope we will.
 
3. Write in your own words (in about 100-150 words) a paragraph on any one of the following: 10
 
(a) People’s involvement in environmental problem
 
(b) Cleaning our rivers a long-term solution 
 
(c) The role of the Forest Ranger in Assam
 
 

Union Budget 2022-23: Indian Economy snapshot & current status

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Union Budget 2022-23: Indian Economy snapshot & current status

 

~ GDP growth ~

  • Growth is estimated at 9.2 percent for FY22. 
  • Gross value addition in agriculture and industry is estimated to grow by 3.9 percent and 11.8 percent, respectively. 
  • Gross investment and exports will be the bigger growth drivers. 
  • In FY23, growth may increase between 8.0 percent and 8.5 percent.

~ Fiscal deficit ~

  • The fiscal deficit reached 46.2 percent of the full year target during April−Nov 2021, amidst a rise in tax collections. The deficit for FY22 is expected to be 6.9 percent. 
  • In FY23, government finances will witness consolidation in FY22, after an uptick in deficit and debt indicators in FY2021. The deficit is expected to be –6.4 percent.

~ Inflation ~

  • In Dec 2021, the CPI inflation increased to a five month high of 5.6 percent with core inflation remaining high at 6.1 percent. Inflation may increase due to imported inflation, especially from elevated global energy prices and supply-chain disruptions.

~ Domestic Credit growth ~

  • Domestic credit growth was 9.8 percent in Q3 FY22 against 8.5 percent in FY21. Credit growth to the industry sector improved but has yet to recover in the services sector. 
  • In FY23, demand for credit growth may increase gradually as economic activity returns to normalcy. Banks are well capitalised and the reduced NPAs level will improve lending activities.

~ Current Account Deficit ~

  • Current account recorded a deficit of 0.2 percent of GDP in H1 FY22, led by a rising trade deficit.
  • In FY23, the current account may remain in deficit as imports rise with the economic recovery. Stronger exports may keep the deficit in check.

~ FDI ~

  • Net FDI inflows amounted to US$ 24.7 billion for April-November 2021, 29.5 percent lower than April-November 2020. 
  • In FY23, FDI is expected to remain volatile due to global uncertainties associated with the spread of the infection and the pace of monetary policy tightening in advanced countries.

~ Other economic parameters ~

  • RBI kept repo rate unchanged at 4 percent since May 2020; continues with an accommodative monetary policy stance.
  • Forex reserves touched US$ 633.6 billion, as of Dec 2021
  • Net FDI inflows amounted to US$ 24.7 billion for April−November 2021, 29.5 percent lower than those for April−November 2020
  • CPI averaged at 5.2 percent in April−December 2021, driven primarily by food inflation and high fuel prices
  • Merchandise exports expanded by 49.7 percent to US$ 301.4 billion in April−December 2021, exceeding the pre-pandemic levels.

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